道高益安，勢高益危

dao4 gao1 yi4 an1 , shi4 gao1 yi4 wei1

More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記, 史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).

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道高益安，勢高益危|道高益安，势高益危 [dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi] ► More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian ↑史記|↑史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).